"Here comes the sun do do do do."
Beca frowns, her eyes are still closed. She could feel the heat of Chloe's breath on her face. She has coffee breath.
"Here comes the sun and I say, it's alright."
Chloe sings softly to Beca as they wait for their flight. After the bellas graduated, they collectively decided to go on a vacation together to start their adult lives on the right foot, to have one last adventure together before the real world comes around and knocks them on their asses.
She peeked through one eye to find Chloe beaming at her with those bright blue eyes from beside her, and she could swear her heart stopped at the sight. Beca couldn't help the smirk that slowly crept up on her face.
"Little darlin', it's been a long cold lone-" Chloe's singing was cut short when one of Beca's arms snaked to the back of her neck to pull her closer.
There was a split second where the thought had flashed in Chloe's mind. Holy shit is she trying to kiss me? Her heart stopped for a millisecond. Her eyes went wide but all thoughts stopped when Beca's other hand went to cover her mouth.
"Shhhh. I'm sleeping here, Beale." Beca managed to croak out in a raspy voice. Chloe swatted Beca's hand off of her mouth as the other hand that was holding her neck dropped to rest between them.
She instantly longed for the touch again.
"First of all, rude." Beca let out a soft chuckle as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. "Second, you've been asleep for almost two and a half hours and I need someone to talk to. Everyone went to the gift shop like an hour ago and I'm getting bored, you know how human contact is essential to my well being."
"First of all," Beca said mimicking Chloe "Your fault for wanting to get an early flight. I mean, do you know me at all? Beca Mitchell does not wake up before 10 am! I don't even know if this is real right now. Are you even real? You don't look like it." She poked Chloe's ribs causing the redhead to giggle. They smiled at each other for a second before she began again. "I didn't even get to say goodbye to Jesse." Right. Jesse. The boyfriend. Of course. How could I forget? At this, Chloe lost her smile. "And second, why didn't you just go with them?" Beca asked, confused at the obvious choice Chloe had could've taken.
"Umm. Oh, I don't know maybe because I don't want you to get kidnapped by some creepy rapist?!" Chloe huffed out, breathing a little harder than before. Beca couldn't help but laugh at how dramatic she was being.
"Oh my God, I'm not a baby, you could've went with them. I would've been fine."
"I know but, I don't know. I didn't wanna leave you. Here I got you a coffee." I didn't wanna leave you. Beca bounced the words around her head for a little before dismissing it. She looked down to see two Starbucks cups, one in Chloe's hand and the other tucked in the fold of the leg that she was resting on the seat.
"Thanks, beb." She said taking the coffee from Chloe. That was her pet name for Chloe whenever she had something to offer her. Chloe loved it of course.
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"Thanks, beb." Beca said taking the chinese take-out from Chloe's hands. Beca's hands brushed Chloe's oh so softly as she took the box. Chloe's heart skipped a beat and so did Beca's, but neither showed it.
"Beb?" She asked smirking, trying to shake off the feeling in her chest.
"Yeah like you know, 'babe' but like a short, lazy version?"
"So I'm a babe then?" She asked winking that famous Chloe Beale wink. It made Beca weak.
"Yeah a short.. lazy version?-Don't make it weird! It's not a thing." But it was a thing. And oh was it a big thing.
"Says the actual shortest, laziest adult I have ever met!" She chuckled out throwing her hands up before walking off to the couch to watch The Voice as a defeated Beca followed.
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"What time is it?" Beca asked, wincing as the coffee burned her tongue. Nodding and throwing up an 'okay' sign at Chloe for getting her coffee right. They both knew how the other liked their coffee, of course they did.
"It is..." Chloe quickly pulled her phone out of her back pocket to check the time. "9:37 am." She looked up from her phone to meet Beca's tired, dark blue eyes. Her breath hitched before she put on another dazzling smile.
"How much longer?" Beca whined, closing her eyes, frowning and slumping her shoulders for dramatic effect.
"Around another hour, I think? Come on, stop whining you know this is going to be fun." Chloe offered bouncing a little in her seat.
Another smirk threatened to appear on Beca's face before they heard the rest of The Bellas making their way to them. Amy being the first to speak up.
"Hey, rise and shine short stack! You've been knocked out since you sat down. Reminds me of that time I punched that one-"
"Oh my God, you talk way too damn much, please, please shut up." Stacie threw her hands up as she walked forward, dropping into the seat next to Beca.
"Well excuse me for trying to make things a little more interesting around here." Amy dramatically look on Amy's face causing Beca and Chloe to laugh. She clearly loved annoying Stacie as much as she could, it's what made their dynamic so great, the bantering was constant and hilarious to witness. "I'm going to go call my bae now because I have one, you know unlike some people, ahem Stacie ahem."
"Oh my God, you did not just say 'bae', I'm going to kill you someday you can bet your bottom dollar on it." Stacie said propping her elbow on an armrest and resting her head in her hand.
"Fight me, bitch!" Amy yelled spreading her arms wide lunging forwards at Stacie a couple times trying to make her flinch, attracting a few onlookers in the process. Stacie only closed her eyes and shook her head slowly.
"Amy, you're gonna get us kicked out! Shut the fuck up!" Cynthia Rose hissed. Amy just shrugged it off before smiling and walking off. "Fucking white people are crazy." She said to herself.
"I know right. If that happened in my country, they would have shot us before you can say 'a capella'." Offered Flo. Lilly smiled at this.
Another hour and twenty minutes passed before they finally boarded their plane. The Bellas managed to take up an entire row. Beca gave Chloe the window seat, of course she did. And Flo sat with them. The next three seats consisted of Cynthia Rose, Fat Amy and Stacie. The last three with Lilly, Ashley and Jessica.
Chloe held tightly onto Beca's left arm nuzzling into her shoulder as the plane started down the runway.
"You wanted the window seat, so why are your eyes closed?" Beca softly asked placing her free hand on Chloe's.
"Because Beca." She squeezed Beca's arm a little tighter as the plane lifted off. Beca waited patiently for her answer. It wasn't until the plane was a little more level when Chloe finally spoke up again. "Because Beca, I like to look out the window once we're up here but.. lift off is scary okay?" She huffed as she looked up into Beca's sympathetic eyes and her breath hitched. Beca offered a soft smile before patting Chloe's hand.
"Okay. You're okay." She whispered as she pulled out her ipod, turning it on.
"I know." Chloe took a second to think about that. How she knew she was okay. How Beca made everything okay. How she knows she'll be okay as long as Beca was there with her. How they could be okay together forever if they wanted.
"Here." Chloe was brought back to reality as Beca whispered closely. She looked down to see the single earbud that Beca was offering and gladly popped it into her ear before snuggling back into Beca's side again. She closed her eyes as the soft melody began to flow through her ear drum.
From walking home and talking loads
To seeing shows in evening clothes with you
From nervous touch and getting drunk
To staying up and waking up with you
But now we're sleeping at the edge
Holding something we don't need
All this delusion in our heads
Is gonna bring us to our knees
So come on let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me
With that, she was asleep. Beca smiled down at Chloe on her shoulder before looking over to the rest of The Bellas. Smiling contentedly as she saw Flo trying to sleep with her own headphones in, Cynthia Rose, Stacie and Fat Amy in an obviously heated discussion, and Lilly sitting quietly smiling to herself as Jessica and Ashley were playing patty cake impressively fast. She looked down at Chloe one more time before kissing the top of her head, noting to herself to remember to ask what shampoo Chloe was using because she always smelled like peaches, before resting her head on Chloe's and closing her eyes and sighing.
"Rome, here we come."